Cosmology and moral community in the Lakota Sun Dance: reconceptualizing J. R. Walker's account
"Drawing on Indigenous methodologies, this book uses a close analysis of James R. Walker's 1917 monograph on the Lakota Sun Dance to explore how the Sun Dance communal ritual complex-the most important Lakota ceremony--creates moral community, providing insights into the cosmology and worl...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY
Routledge
2022
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Vitality of indigenous religions
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Oglala Indians (Great Plains)
Rites and ceremonies
B Walker, J. R (James R.) (1849-1926) The sun dance and other ceremonies of the Oglala division of the Teton Dakota B Oglala Indians (Great Plains) Religion B Sun Dance (Great Plains) |
| Summary: | "Drawing on Indigenous methodologies, this book uses a close analysis of James R. Walker's 1917 monograph on the Lakota Sun Dance to explore how the Sun Dance communal ritual complex-the most important Lakota ceremony--creates moral community, providing insights into the cosmology and worldview of Lakota tradition. The book uses Walker's primary source to conduct a reading of the Sun Dance in its nineteenth-century context through the lenses of Lakota metaphysics, cosmology, ontology and ethics. The author argues that the Sun Dance constitutes a cosmic ethical drama in which persons of all types - human and non-human -- come together in reciprocal actions and relationships. Drawing on contemporary animist theory and a perspectivist approach that uses Lakota worldview assumptions as the basis for analysis, the book enables a richer understanding of the Sun Dance and its role in the Lakota moral world. Offering a nuanced understanding that centers Lakota views of the sacred, this book will be relevant to scholars of religion and animism, and all those interested in Native American cultures and lifeways"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0367725584 |